Mutualism
Anarchist current founded by Proudhon that advocates fair exchange, free credit, and use-based property, with producers and cooperatives trading among themselves without exploitation, bosses, or a central state.
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In one sentence
I want cooperatives and producers trading fairly, with free credit and possession by use, free of bosses, exploitation and a central state.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Very strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Very strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Strong · Free market
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 95% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 36This ideology 98
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Economy
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 55
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
A French philosopher, Proudhon was the first to declare himself an anarchist and formulated mutualism, defending fair exchange, free credit, and use-based property, with the famous phrase that property is theft.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyHenry David ThoreauWriter93%
SociallyPhil ZimmermannCryptographer90%
EconomicallyÉmile ArmandIndividualist anarchist97%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismErrico MalatestaAnarchist militant and theorist91%
Intellectual lifeRandolph BourneEssayist91%
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist90%
Political theoryBenjamin TuckerAnarchist89%
Political theoryMikhail BakuninRevolutionary89%
Intellectual lifeLysander SpoonerJurist89%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist88%
EconomicsDavid RicardoEconomist88%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
France
Social-republican republicA European semi-presidential republic, France combines a strong republican and secular tradition, a robust welfare state, a mixed economy, and a prominent diplomatic, cultural, and military role in the European Union and the world.
Other close countries
Catalonia (Spain)
Independentist-industrial regionAn autonomous region in northeastern Spain, Catalonia combines its own national identity and language, an industrial, cosmopolitan economy, progressive social politics, and a strong independence movement that culminated in the 2017 referendum.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCalifornia (United States)Techno-progressive region82%
SociallyCanadaMulticultural-welfare monarchy84%
EconomicallyGreeceParliamentary republic96%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193988%
SociallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187180%
EconomicallyDutch Republic (United Provinces)1581–179590%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
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- Anarchist
Individualist Socialism
Branch that reconciles socialist ideals with strong emphasis on personal autonomy and freedom, defending cooperation and collective ownership without sacrificing each person's independence and uniqueness.
- Anarchist
Geoanarchism
Synthesis of anarchism and Georgism that rejects the state but treats land and natural resources as commons, defending that their rent be shared by the whole community in a free and egalitarian way.
- Anarchist
Anarchism
Philosophy that rejects the state and all coercive authority, defending the free organization of society through voluntary associations, cooperation, and self-management, with freedom and equality as central values.
Closest in other spectrums
- Libertarian
Minarcho-Mutualism
Synthesis that unites mutualism with a minimal state, combining fair exchange, cooperatives, and free credit with a public structure reduced to the essential functions of protecting rights, contracts, and freedoms.
- Libertarian
Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism
Current that unites free markets and individual freedoms with concern for social justice, holding that economic freedom must also concretely improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.
- Libertarian
Geolibertarianism
Synthesis of libertarianism and Georgism that combines free markets and individual freedoms with the taxation of land value, seen as a common resource, to fund the minimal state without punishing labor.
The most distant ideology
National SocialismThird Position28%